Quote:Which is a limited and narrow approach. I find mine to be far more practical than that idiotically expurgated explanation. I inow Obama is walking a tight rope, but that sort of gutlessness does not impress me.
Obama is the next Clinton. All hat and no cattle. Which is a fair sight better than what else is out there, which is mostly a different cow metaphor.
But, on this issue, he's been pretty clear since moment one, and it is Mitt Romney that has been twisting his comments, in order to score "ZOMG Kindergarden Sex Ed!!!!111" points.
As for limited and narrow, what would you suggest? That the government send informative pamphlets to parents telling them how to do their job? Education is just about all the government can do to protect kids, without directly interfering in child raising.
Quote:Sexual predators are one of a hundred different issues that kids need to be educated about, and as kids approach various milestones you have to educate them for what is coming, not wait until you they may already have screwed up. (Pun intended)
See above, and how we prepared our daughter for what she was going to face.
Great! Fantastic. And, as I pointed out earlier, if every parent was as good as you, we'd probably not have any problems with schooling at all. Sadly, that is miles away from the case.
Quote:Your asking Christians to "keep their faith to themselves" is absurd. Do you want homosexuals to all go back into the closet, as well? Where is your moral consistency, Jester?
Uh, what? Not even close.
I'm not telling Christians not to *identify themselves*. You can walk around and proudly proclaim you're a Christian, live a Christian life, go to Christian potluck dinners. Couldn't care less about any of it. And the Hindus, and Mormons, and Branch Davidians, and neo-platonic-goat-sacrificers, same goes for the lot of them. Not my cup of tea, but, then, neither is jumping in bed with another guy.
I'm saying that religion doesn't belong in politics. That doesn't mean religious *people* don't belong in politics. Just that the functioning and appearance of government should be strictly secular.
-Jester